2025 Summer CSA Update!
Welcome to Week 3!
92nd Street Starts this week!
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With all the rain over the past few weeks, we're hoping that the sun and warmer temperatures (hopefully not as hot as NYC — remember, we're four hours north!) will give the fields a much-needed boost. Unfortunately, more rain is in the forecast later this week, but we’re keeping our fingers crossed for a productive window.
Highlights From This Week's Box
Song Cauliflower
A sweet, tender cauliflower with long thick stems from Asia. Great raw, roasted, or quickly stir-fried.
Gold Beets
Bright and earthy with a mellow sweetness and beautiful color that doesn’t bleed. Roast, shave raw, or pickle — and don’t toss the tops!
Fennel
Crisp and aromatic with a subtle anise flavor. Delicious shaved into salads, braised, or grilled until caramelized.
Recipe Ideas
Roasted Gold Beet & Fennel Salad with Charred Song Cauliflower
Serves 4
A warm-weather salad that combines sweet roasted beets, crisp fennel, and lightly charred Song cauliflower — finished with a lemony vinaigrette and optional crumbled feta.
Ingredients:
3 medium gold beets, scrubbed and trimmed
1Â fennel bulb, thinly sliced (reserve fronds for garnish)
1 small head Song cauliflower, cut into long florets
3 tbsp olive oil, divided
Juice of 1Â lemon
1 tsp honey or maple syrup
Salt and pepper
Optional: feta or goat cheese, toasted walnuts
Instructions:
Roast the beets: Wrap beets in foil or place in a covered dish. Roast at 400°F for 45–60 minutes, until tender. Let cool, then rub off skins and cut into wedges.
Char the cauliflower: Toss florets with 1 tbsp olive oil, salt, and pepper. Roast or grill at high heat until lightly browned and just tender (about 10–12 minutes).
Make the dressing: Whisk together lemon juice, 2 tbsp olive oil, honey, salt, and pepper.
Assemble: Layer roasted beets, fennel slices, and cauliflower on a serving platter. Drizzle with dressing and toss gently.
Top with crumbled cheese, fennel fronds, and walnuts if using.
Chef Box's Extras
Natsu Cucumber
A small, thin-skinned Japanese variety with crisp flesh and clean, refreshing flavor. Excellent raw, quick-pickled, or lightly salted to highlight its snap and subtle sweetness.
Fenugreek Greens
Tender, aromatic greens with a distinctive herbal, slightly bitter flavor — a key element in South Asian cooking. Use fresh in curries, stews, or fold into flatbreads, rice, or savory yogurt dishes.
Have a great week!
This Week's Boxes
*contents are subject to change
Regular Share
- Lettuce
- Gold Beets
- Spring Onions
- Chard
- Sage
- Broccoli
- Fennel
- Summer Squash
- Kohlrabi
- European Gherkins
- Song Cauliflower
- Mixed Mizuna
Large Share
- Lettuce
- Gold Beets
- Spring Onions
- Chard
- Sage
- Broccoli
- Fennel
- Summer Squash
- Kohlrabi
- European Gherkins
- Song Cauliflower
- Mixed Mizuna
- Fiero Radicchio
- Mixed Carrots
- Flat Head Cabbage
- Dill
- Sweet Kabu Turnips
Small Chef's
- Gold Beets
- Sage
- Fennel
- Song Cauliflower
- Fenugreek Greens
- Pencil Leeks
- Fava Beans
- Purple Napa Cabbage
- Natsu Japanese Cucumber
- Purple Broccolini
- Nasturtium Flowers
- Lovage
- Italian Iceberg Lettuce
Large Chef's
- Gold Beets
- Sage
- Fennel
- Song Cauliflower
- Fenugreek Greens
- Pencil Leeks
- Fava Beans
- Purple Napa Cabbage
- Natsu Japanese Cucumber
- Purple Broccolini
- Nasturtium Flowers
- Lovage
- Italian Iceberg Lettuce
- Red Oak Leaf Lettuce
- Mixed Baby Carrots
- Tokyo Bekana
- Purslane
Add-Ons
Cheese: Feta, Goat's Milk; Ardith Mae Farm-Stuyvesant NY
Fruit: Mixed Apples, Samascott Orchards.
NOTE: There is very little fruit available for us to purchase this week. Things are just getting started. Next week should be better. We apples are not that exciting this time of the year. Don't worry. We will make it up to you in volume and assortment!
Mixed Meat: Beef Stew, Rosenkrans Farm, Geneva, NY
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